AT-KABUL: Changes in the system of electoral commission are imminent, said head of the body, adding that no changes would be brought to its leadership. Abdul Badee Sayyad said Wednesday that bringing changes in the independent election commission would make fresh problems instead of lifting the previous ones. He offered …
Read More »Second U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan this year
AT-KABUL: A U.S. service member have been killed on Tuesday in a firefight with the militants in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan—marking the second American soldier casualty in this year. The soldier was hit by small-arms fire in Uruzgan province in central Afghanistan, north of Kandahar, said military spokesman Col. Dave Butler. The shooting …
Read More »Editorial: Claiming killing of innocent people
The Taliban militant group through its spokesman claimed responsibility for the latest deadly terrorist attack on an official installation which causes lives to over countrymen. All victims were students/trainees of a state organ which is defending the motherland from aggression both from in and outside of the country. Whatever might …
Read More »National mobilization will save us from falling apart
An exclusive interview with Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta Afghanistan has been in a whirl of unending war and unfettered turmoil, whereas peace – or at least a state of normalcy – is a distant dream. Deadlocked reconciliation process and long-drawn-out elections are incontrovertible proofs of monolithic instability in Afghanistan, manacling …
Read More »Taliban resume peace talks after deadly assault on military base
By Mansoor Faizy KABUL: There is a rush for a negotiating settlement after 18 years of war within the US administration to end the prolonged hostility with the Taliban group. To discharge the obligation, US installed Zalmay Khalilzad, a veteran diplomat with dual (Afghan-American) citizenship as special envoy for Afghanistan …
Read More »CEO Seems hopeful for Peace
AT-KABUL: In the prolong odyssey of Afghan fragile peace process, the chief executive office of Afghan government is optimistic for the result of the US and Taliban officials meetings, held in Qatar to work out for the direct Afghan and Taliban officials talks. A spokesman for the CEO said on …
Read More »3rd lists of accused criminals unveiled
AT-KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Tuesday disclosed the 3rd list comprised of 16 accused criminals and asked them to refer to police within 48 hours. The 3rd list in which enlisted the name of 16 persons accused of having illegal arms, grabbing lands and some other crimes, said a …
Read More »Karzai denounces Wardak attack as “service for aliens”
AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned Monday’s terrorist attack on an intelligence training center in Wardak province, calling any type of violence by war sides “tyranny against the people of Afghanistan and serving for aliens”. A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle loaded with explosives at the entrance of the …
Read More »Some countries use terrorist outfits as proxies in Afghanistan: Turkey
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The ruling party of Turkey said that some countries used terrorist group as proxies in Afghanistan and now it has become impossible to control them. Speaking to a news conference at the Justice and Development Party in Ankara, Ömer Çelik, spokesman of Turkey’s ruling party on Syrian …
Read More »Pak PM: Pakistan committed to bring peace in Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday during speaking to the media in Qatar, said his country is committed to bringing peace and stability in Afghanistan. Qureshi said that the press conference of US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham shows that the relations between the two countries …
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